Improvement in chicken-coop



' J. H. MABBETT.

Chicken Coop. I

Pat entedhMay 19, 1868.

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JOHN HQMABBETT, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 78,109, dated ,May 19', 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHICKEN-COOP.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I

'Be it known that I, JOiINI-Ii MABBETT, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson, and State of New Jersey,

have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ghichen coops; andI do hereby declare that the fol- "low ing is a full, cledr, and exactdescription of the same, reference bein making a portion of thisspecification, in which g had to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an end view of a chicken-coop constructed acc'o Figure'2 isavertical longitudinalsection of the same. Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention consists in a. chicken-coop, having its sides hinged,hooked, or otherwise connected, in such nan-neithat when the ends of thecoop are removed the sides may be folded or brought together, so thatthe coop may be compactly stowed away when not in use. r The inventionfurther consists in the combination of one or more detachable slattedend=fra=nes with the gides of the coop, whereby the convenience withwhich the coop may be taken apart, to be stowed away or put together foruse, ismaterially facilitated,

The in vention further consists in the arrangement, within the coop, ofashelf or ledge,-upon which the hen, together with thebrood, may rest onoccasion, as, for instance, during the night. i

i To enable others to understand the nature and construction of myinvention, Iwill proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.I

Indicated at A are the two sidesof'theboop, which, as shown in thedrawings, are placed in an inclined position, with their upper edgesnearly'or quite in contact, as represented more fullyin fig. 1, theseadjacent rding to my invention.

lent-means. Shown at b c is a. frame, composed-of a bottombar, -b, inwhich are inserted the lower extreniities of upright slats c, ofsuitable v'arying lengths. The upper ends of these slats pass throughvertical holes pro-v vided in the sides A, near one end thereof, in suchmanner that the slettedframe b c constitutes one end of the coop, theslats c be ing, of course, placed at such distance apart as to permitthe chickens, but not the hen, to

pass between them. The opposite end of thecoop may be formed of atriangular piece, 0, of board, furnished with'two or moreupwardly-extending pins, one of which is shown in dotted outline at a infig. 2. These pins extend upward, andjfit into vertical holes providedin the adjacent ends of the sides A, and thus serve to retain the end Gin the requisite uprightposition. I

Hinged upon the inner side of the end, C, at or near the lower edgethereof, is a board, D,Qwhich,'when the end, 0, is in its place, as justset forth, constitutes, as it were, a shelf or ledge, the upper surfaceof which is somewhat above the level of the ground, upon which the coopmay be placed, and upon which the hen may gather upper edges of thesides A being connected by hinges a, or, in lieu thereof, by hooks orother suitahlc or equivathe brood when covering thesame, as, forinstance, during the night, it being observed 'that fowls', underthesccircumstances, generally avail themselves of any means of keeping thebrood from the comparatively cold and;

The coop, being put together as just herein set forth, may be employed,in the ordinary manner, to confine the hen, while comparative liberty isafforded to the brood. When it is desired to lay aside or stow away thecoop, when not required'for use, the slatted end-frame B and the end, B,are detached, whereupon the sides may be folded closely together, and,the slatted end-frame be and the end, 0, being laid thereon, the wholeis brought very compactly together, so as to occupy but very littlespace when stowed away, the shelf or ledge of the end,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 0, being turned upon its hinges flat upon such end, so as not toproject therefrom to such an extent as to inter-" fore with the desiredcompactness of the coop thus folded or having its parts brought closelytogether.

1.' The coop, having its sides hinged, hooked, or otherwise" connected,'in such manner that theymay be' folded together when the ends of thecoop are removed, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combfination-ofthe detachable slatted end-frame with the sides ofthe coop, substantially as and for purpose specified.

3. The shelf or ledge, provided within the coop, substantially as andfor thc v JOHN H. MABBETT.

Witnesses:

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